funerals and relocating for their safety. The program usually pays 75 to 80 percent of a victim’s expenses. It used to fully reimburse them, but the state budget’s current difficulties make that impossible. In most cases, the crime must have taken ...

CORPUS CHRISTI — An aging crime lab facility that has a case backlog and no room for growth forces area law enforcement to wait on forensic results. Depending on the case, police can wait up to a year. “It’s kind of like, ‘Take a number ...

The conclusion remains unclear. The hearing was based on increased crime in parks garnered from statistics from the Committee on Public Safety that cites 265 major felonies in 2009 and 328 in 2010. However, these statistics only represent the 30 largest ...

RICHMOND HEIGHTS City officials and residents revisited safety issues here as fire and police departments reported record numbers for the year. Among them, fire calls reached a record high and crime numbers are up. Officials are also concerned ...

On Jan. 24, a man awoke to the smell of smoke in his home on the 2700 block of East High Street at about 3 a.m. He found a small fire on the exterior wall, his family escaped safety, according to a Crime Stoppers news release. No injuries were ...

In repeated polls, Winnipeggers overwhelmingly state crime and safety to be the city's No. 1 priority, said Fielding, but he added that does not mean voters believe council should throw an unlimited number of dollars at the problem. "I think our citizens ...

"The governor understands the hot spots we have for crime," Schuette said. Schuette said he thinks an effective public safety strategy for Michigan has to be implemented statewide. His plan also calls for tougher sentencing for repeat offenders.

Hello armchair CSIs. For this "Guam Forensic Forum" column I want to talk about the new laboratory information management system, Crime Lab updates, and a bit about safety on our roadways. •A new information technology toy for the Crime Lab.

Child - whose real name is Jim Grant, and formerly worked for Granada TV before finding literary success - said he believed people had turned to crime writing to reassure themselves. "It gratifies their desire for safety and security and the ...